That's hot ✨⁣:

⁣Huge waves are sculpted in the Red Spider nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius.⁣

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This two-lobed planetary nebula is the home of one of the hottest stars known and its powerful stellar winds generate waves 62.4 billion miles (100 billion km) high. The waves are caused by supersonic shocks, formed when the local gas is compressed and heated in front of the rapidly expanding lobes. The atoms caught in the shock emit the spectacular radiation seen in this image.⁣

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Image description: The nebula glows in shades of gold, from the bright center the two lobes reach out, with gas and dust scattering out. Bright white stars contrast with the black background of space.⁣

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Credit: ESA & Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands)⁣

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30 November 2023